Resolution

OES11sp2 customers can install the patch via the SLES patch channel:There are several options that may be used to fix this issue:

1. Updating your entire system with the latest system updates:

To
make sure that you have the patches relative to these issues, update
the complete system to the latest patch level (preferred option) by
running the following commands from a terminal, after verifying that you
have your patch channels configured:

zypper ref -s

zypper up

SUSE recommends that you always apply updates and consider running
the latest version. For more information on how to upgrade can be found
in TID 7012368.

2. Apply only the latest bash patches

If you prefer to update only the bash patches, use the following commands:

zypper ref -s

zypper up bash

zypper up mozilla-nss

OES11sp1 customers can install the patch via the OES patch channel:There are several options that may be used to fix this issue:

1. Updating your entire system with the latest system updates:

To
make sure that you have the patches relative to these issues, update
the complete system to the latest patch level (preferred option) by
running the following commands from a terminal, after verifying that you
have your patch channels configured:

zypper ref -s

zypper up

SUSE recommends that you always apply updates and consider running
the latest version. For more information on how to upgrade can be found
in TID 7012368.

2. Apply only the latest bash patches

If you prefer to update only the bash patches, use the following commands:

zypper ref -s

zypper up bash

zypper up mozilla-nss

OES2sp3 customers can install the patch via the OES patch channel:There are several options that may be used to fix this issue:

Updating your entire system with the latest system updates:

To
make sure that you have the patches relative to these issues, update
the complete system to the latest patch level (preferred option) by
running the following commands from a terminal, after verifying that you
have your patch channels configured:

Additional Information

Please note :

Due to the current support status for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
versions on which the mentioned OES2 SP3 and OES11 SP1 products
(respectively SLES10 SP4, and SLES11 SP2) run, and aligned with our commitment to provide security fixes for currently support Open Enterprise Environments, the security
related SLES fixes will be released through the OES (!) update
repositories.

Further information regarding these security issues can be found here: